The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-06
COMMANDER FUTILE TALKS.

He Expresses Some Very Emphatic Views in
Regard the Presidents Invitstion.
St Louis Post Dispatch.
The presence in the city of Gen. J. NJ futile,
commander of the G. A. r. Department of Iowa,
is giving a 'bloody shirt" aspect the discus
sion. The General is a very emphatic elderly
gentleman of large frame gray whiskers and a
high hat His experience in camp was such
thorough that the education fingers with
HIM and shows itself in profane punctuations of
his sentences. He is very deliberate in his ut
terances and as imperturhable oyster. In
a mixed company of federas and confederates
he is not backward in saving what he wants to,
even though it acts like bombshell in the com
pany The General says he is not in the city to
dictate to the COMMITTEES in any way, but just to
tell them what will be the result If they go on as
they going now. In telling the committees
this he has managed to tell great many more.
until the views of the distinguished visitor from
Iowa quite widely known.
reporter visited him at the g. A. r. head
quarters in the Lindell this morning. To the
first question, to why the q. A. H. was OPP
posed to the invitation, he replied: III tell
you the reason. IGs because are not going
to lend the organization for the booming OF any
man, Cleveland or anybody else. Politics, so
far have managed to keep out of the It. A
r.. and this is the first time they have tried to
use US. Now, it's just clear as day. This IS
only boom for the President. and they mustn't
think the G.. A. r. such ID fools that they
can't see it, too"
Are YOU opposed to the G. A. r. inviting the
President simply because you want to keep poll
ties out2"
mo, that isn't ALL It's because the Hldti 10
distasteful to the q. A. r. Why. he has said
that the dependent pension bill would increase
perjury. mendacity and mendicancy, and, by
Cd, sir he has said the q. A *. couldn't be
believed under oath When he said that he
knew he was lying. 1t isn't only that veto,
either; it's all his vetoes. We are not saying
ANYTHING about the vetoes themselves; what we
object TO is the insulting tone of his language,
sneering and filed with attempts to be face
tious That's what cuts us.
"But. suppose the President should merely
review the paradeT
''Well, if he does it will be at his own risk If
he gets mixed up in that parade, III bet It will
be the last parade he'll want to review. The q.
A. r.. will not submit quietly to having any man
foisted upon them"
Chen this complication will have bad effec.
Don't know May double it." said Tuttle.
laconicaly
CLOVIS thas"
there's going to be trouble. And there is a good
prospect of there being trouble, too / don't
mean fighting but unpleasant things said and
done. But if they want fighting, by Cd we
can give 'em some of that. We've done it before
and guess We haven't forgotten how to do 1t
again. l know they will have their political
clubs here and try to work them in on u.s. but it
won't work; not going to have our re-
union turned into political boom. We have
faced the Democracy before, IN solid ranks
when they were behind guns, and we can face
them now when they attempt to subvert the pur-
poses of our organization"
is that just your opinion. Genernlar
mo, it isn'e. The whole state of Iowa is the
same way. At the last State encampment a
resolution against Cleveland passed. There
wasn't man to stand mp for him. There were
two three who got up and had the resolution
modified, but that was only to have it more dig
nified."
''How do you understand the invitation?"
81 don't feel like saying anyt thing about it, ex
cept what have heard since / have been here.
The G. A Il. has not invited the President.
Not q bit of it. That has been done by an execu-
tive committee composed of Union men and
rebels. They call them confederate down here
but they call EN- plain rebels up in my State.
That's the way 1t looks to me. mixed COM
mittee has asked the President to come here
and that's all there ls in it"